DaxAI Robot: A First-Year Success Story in China's Humanoid Race
In a market where humanoid robot companies routinely raise billions, DaxAI Robot has emerged as a compelling counter-narrative — proving that a focused, cost-driven approach can attract serious capital and deliver real products.
Founding Team with Deep Credentials
Founded in May 2025, DaxAI Robot is led by:
- Wang Kun (Co-founder & CEO): Former core member of JD.com's autonomous driving team, bringing deep expertise in perception, planning, and real-world deployment
- Xu Wenqiang (Co-founder & CTO): Hold dual Ph.D. degrees from USTC (University of Science and Technology of China) and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, specializing in embodied intelligence and world models
The Funding Journey
In just one year, DaxAI completed 4 funding rounds totaling hundreds of millions of RMB:
- Angel Round: Led by Matrix Partners China (金沙江创投)
- Angel+ Round: Yunshi Capital joined
- Pre-A Round: Shengshi Investment and others
- Strategic Round: Industrial investors including Lingxin Lingshou/ Lingcheng Future (灵心巧手/灵澄未来) joined for dexterous hand technology synergy
Product: Affordable Humanoid at ¥69,800
DaxAI's flagship product is a dual-arm humanoid robot with dexterous hands, powered by their proprietary DaxBrain-WM embodied world model:
- Price: Starting at just ¥69,800 (approximately $9,600), among the most affordable full-size humanoid robots on the market
- Architecture: Dual-engine approach combining embodied world model (DaxBrain-WM) with general-purpose hardware
- Perception: Millisecond-level vision-force-touch multi-modal fusion
- Planning: Physics-grounded world model engine for action reasoning
- Execution: End-to-end motion planning network with <50ms latency
- Achievement: Won 3rd place in the Medicine Sorting competition at the World Humanoid Robot Games
Beyond Humanoids: 1-Ton Heavy-Duty Robot Horse
In April 2026, DaxAI unveiled the world's first ton-class heavy-duty robotic horse, featuring custom ultra-load smart joints with torque exceeding 2,000 N·m and a maximum payload of 1,000 kg — setting a global record for quadruped robot load capacity.
Commercial Traction
DaxAI has secured thousands of units in orders from leading retail, logistics, pharmaceutical, and industrial enterprises, with product performance consistently outperforming industry benchmarks in head-to-head comparisons.
The company plans to use the new funding for next-generation embodied brain R&D, scaling production from thousand-class to ten-thousand-class capacity, and recruiting top global talent.
